1 Armsad, et meil on niisugused tõotused, siis puhastagem endid kõigest, mis ihu ja vaimu rüvetab, täiustades oma pühitsust jumalakartuses.

2 Andke meile ruumi oma südames! Me ei ole kellelegi liiga teinud, me ei ole kedagi kahjustanud, ei ole kedagi ära kasutanud. 3 Ma ei räägi seda teie süüdistamiseks. Nagu ma ennegi ütlesin, et teie olete meie südames, et me üheskoos sureksime ja üheskoos elaksime. 4 Ma olen teie suhtes väga julge, olen isegi teie üle uhke. Te olete mind palju lohutanud, mu rõõm on piiritu vaatamata kõigile raskustele.

5 Kui me tulime Makedooniasse, ei saanud me rahu, vaid meid ahistati kõikjal – meie ümber oli tülid, meie sees hirmud. 6 Ent Jumal, kes julgustab mahasurutuid, on meid lohutanud Tiituse tuleku kaudu. 7 Kuid mitte ainult tema tulekuga, vaid ka lohutusega, mida ta oli saanud teilt. Sest ta jutustas meile teie igatsemisest, teie kahetsusest, teie innukusest minu pärast. See suurendas mu rõõmu veelgi.

8 Isegi kui ma teid oma kirjaga kurvastasin, ei kahetse ma seda. Tõsi küll, ma kahetsesin, sest ma saan aru, et mu kiri teid mõnda aega ikkagi kurvastas. 9 Aga nüüd ma rõõmustan – mitte seepärast, et teie kurvastasite, vaid et teie kurvastus tõi kaasa meeleparanduse. Te ju kurvastasite Jumalale meelepäraselt, nii et meie ei ole teile kahju teinud. 10 Sest Jumalale meelepärane kurvastus toob meeleparanduse päästeks, mida ei kahetseta. Ilmalik kurvastus toob aga surma. 11 Näete ju ise, millise agaruse on teis esile toonud Jumalale meelepärane kurvastus, millise soovi end puhastada, millise nördimuse, millise kartuse, millise igatsuse, millise põlemise, millise valmiduse teha, mis õige! Teie olete käitunud igati laitmatult selles asjas. 12 Seega ei saatnud ma teile seda kirja sellepärast, kes tegi halba, ega sellepärast, kellele tehti halba, vaid selleks, et te võiksite ise veenduda, kui väga te meist hoolite Jumala ees. 13 Just see julgustabki meid.

Lisaks meie endi julgustusele on meil olnud eriti hea meel näha Tiituse rõõmu, sest tema vaim on saanud kosutust teie kõikide poolt. 14 Ja et ma ei ole jäänud häbisse, kui ma olen teid temale kiitnud. Nagu me teile oleme alati rääkinud tõtt, nii on ka kiitlemine teist Tiitusele osutunud tõeks. 15 Ja tema kiindumus teisse on seda suurem, kui ta meenutab teie kõikide kuulekust, kuidas te võtsite teda vastu kartuse ja värinaga. 16 Mul on hea meel, et võin teie peale täiesti kindel olla.

1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

2 Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man. 3 I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you. 4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation. 5 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears. 6 Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus; 7 And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more. 8 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season. 9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. 11 For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter. 12 Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you. 13 Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all. 14 For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth. 15 And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him. 16 I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.